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colour ; they appear in July and August, and last four or five 

 weeks in perfection. 



G. Devoniana. — A beautiful slender Orchid from South 

 America ; it grows about two feet high. The blossoms, which 

 are produced in pendant spikes from the top of the bulbs, 

 are white, beautifully pencilled with pink ; it blooms at different 

 times of the year, and remains a long time in beauty. I have 

 only seen this grown well in the late collections of S. Rucker, 

 Esq., Wandsworth, and the late J. A. Turner, Esq., Man- 

 chester. It is beautifully figured in the first series of 

 Warner's *' Select Orchidaceous Plants.'" 



Gong OR A. 



This is a somewhat despised genus with the majority of 

 Orchid growers, yet it contains many very interesting and 

 free-flowering species ; and as nearly all of them are fra- 

 grant, they have an additional claim to our attention. In the 

 earher days of Orchid culture one often saw fine specimens of 

 Gongoras, but latterly they seem to have become quite a 

 neglected race. These plants are compact-growing and ever- 

 green, producing long pendulous racemes of richly- coloured 

 flowers, which, in some instances, are very grotesque in 

 appearance. As the flower spike is pendulous and produced 

 from the base of the bulbs, the plants are best gi'own in 

 baskets with peat and moss ; indeed they are extremely 

 liable to injury if grown in pots. The temperature of the 

 cool end of the Cattleya house suits them well ; they enjoy 

 a liberal supply of water during summer, both on the foliage 

 and to the roots, but a very little will suffice in winter. The 

 bulbs, however, should not be allowed to shrivel. 



G. atropyrpurea. — This is an old but very pretty species, 

 compact in growth, with ribbed pseudobulbs and light green 

 leaves ; racemes long, springing from the base of the bulbs. 



